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title: What substance did the Empress employ in the restoration of the dama… — Myths and Legends of China, The Empres… · tree and pragmatics
description: What substance did the Empress employ in the restoration of the damaged roads of Heaven? Exam question 3 of lesson 1387 «Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and Moon come back to light» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 3 · Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and…

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What substance did the Empress employ in the restoration of the damaged roads of Heaven?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** substance · **What happens:** do, damage · **To what, where:** Empress employ, restoration

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1387 «Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and Moon come back to light» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1387-pg4018-part47/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:e3:1
# text = What substance did the Empress employ in the restoration of the damaged roads of Heaven?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Empress	Empress	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	restoration	restoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	damaged	damage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | substance | the Empress employ |  | the restoration of the damaged roads of Heaven |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **damage** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Carved jade from the western hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:e3:o1:1
# text = Carved jade from the western hills
1	Carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	jade	jade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Common clay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:e3:o2:1
# text = Common clay
1	Common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Silver rods from the northern mines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:e3:o3:1
# text = Silver rods from the northern mines
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rods	rod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Stones of five colours, wonderfully wrought

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:e3:o4:1
# text = Stones of five colours, wonderfully wrought
1	Stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	wonderfully	wonderfully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	wrought	wrought	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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